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  Johnny Vegas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Joseph Pennington (born on September 11, 1971), better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English comedian from the Merseyside town of St.
Johnny Vegas made his TV debut as a contestant on Win, Lose or Draw in the UK under his real name of Michael, but made references to the fact he wanted to be a comedian and that his stage name was "Johnny Vegas".
Vegas is well-known for his impromptu rants at awards ceremonies, notably addressing Dustin Hoffman from the stage at the Empire Magazine movie awards in 2003.
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 Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas is appearing alongside Phoenix Nights star Dave Spikey (that's Jerry the Berry to you and me) in new ITV comedy series Dead Man Weds, which sees the duo playing washed up reporters on a local newspaper.
Johnny Vegas won the Festival Critics' Award at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival, and was the first newcomer to be nominated for the Perrier Award.
Johnny Vegas is married after a whirlwind romance with interior designer Kitty and the happy couple are expecting their first child July 4 2003.
www.myharingey.co.uk /haringey/celebs&gossip-johnny_vegas.htm   (924 words)

  
 StandupCom Magazine: Johnny Vegas interview
Vegas himself admits that on another occasion he came within a hair's breadth of being punched for making sexual overtures to an attractive girl in the front row, only to discover she was a precocious 14-year-old out with her unamused father
Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the 29-year-old son of a carpenter from St. Helens, Lancashire.
Although his Johnny Vegas pilot show was broadcast by the channel and acclaimed by critics, he felt his employers did not understand it.
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 johnny
Johnny Vegas is a world class Elvis entertainer from Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Johnny Vegas now lives in the beautiful European capital city of Helsinki, FINLAND.
Johnny Vegas studied voice and musical theatre in Los Angeles and that´s where he met a lovely finnish lady who was attending a dress rehearsal for a musical Johnny was performing in.
Johnny Vegas says, " My goal is to move an audience emotionally with heartfelt ballads, get their feet moving with the rocking songs but most of all to be free and have a great time.
personal.inet.fi /musiikki/johnnyvegas   (257 words)

  
 Las Vegas Mercury: Johnny Ramone: 1949-2004
But Johnny Ramone (who did help pen a couple of Ramones classics: "I Wanna Be Sedated," "Blitzkrieg Bop") was the guitar player who, without uttering a word, showed all the other punks how to do it.
Following in the path of Dee Dee and Joey, Johnny Ramone, who was born John Cummings, finally gave in to a five-year battle with prostate cancer and passed away last week at age 55, leaving only a couple of drummers and one replacement bassist (CJ) to carry on the Ramones name.
Johnny defiantly didn't play solos--hell, it was unusual for him to play anything but barre chords--and that was a big deal.
www.lasvegasmercury.com /2004/MERC-Sep-30-Thu-2004/24872904.html   (855 words)

  
 City Limits Comedy Club :: Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas is without doubt the hottest, most exciting and most-talked about comedian on television and the live comedy circuit today.
Johnny works hard to keep the forces of nature at bay and now he is willing to share the secrets of his success.
Vegas, a rotund, boozy Pa Ubu in a crimpoline safari suit, knows that terror is the unspoken key ingredient in showbiz....he divides the audience into two and sets the teams against each other, "because hatred breeds entertainment"...when he's on form, he has Theatre of Cruelty down to a tee.
www.thecomedyclub.ie /thecomedyclub.ie/htdocs/johnnyvegas.html   (1517 words)

  
 The Spoof - Johnny Vegas Is Scared of Tomatoes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Johnny was 18 at the time when he was being ridiculed for not cooking the tomato sauce properly.
Johnny was in the hospital for 6 months until he was accidentally shown a jar of sun-dried tomatoes.
Johnny quit his job as Pizza delivery boy, but it was later claimed he was sacked for refusing to deliver pizzas that had tomato sauce in them.
www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s4i6963   (573 words)

  
 BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Johnny Vegas: Veteran newcomer
Vegas is a pundit on BBC Two's I Love The...
The impression of Vegas as something of an old-stager is reinforced by his endurance as one of the country's top stand-up comedians.
Johnny Vegas, 31, began life as Michael Pennington, in the Lancashire town of St Helens, where he still lives.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1883306.stm   (586 words)

  
 ARCANE TIMES ~ the art of Cheyenne Wright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Johnny was imprisoned with Joan and her dissidents.
Johnny was blindfolded and escorted by Silas to a room somewhere high in Silas' palace, The Luxor.
Johnny's wrists, legs and waist were bound to a large metal table using metal clamps.
www.arcanetimes.com /deadlands/Jounals/Jonas/jonas.html   (1908 words)

  
 The Observer | Review | The double life of Johnny Vegas
Vegas is large and lumbering, with eyes lost somewhere in the fleshiness of his face and vast soft jowls wobbling where his neck should be.
Johnny Vegas is really called Michael Pennington, and was born 31 years ago in St Helens, the youngest of four children.
Vegas himself is no less confused than everyone else about whether Johnny Vegas is really a character or not.
observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,687775,00.html   (2092 words)

  
 Independent, The (London): Johnny Vegas laid bare; The Deborah Ross Interview
Or Johnny is comprised of the bits of Michael - the pain, the rejections - that Michael has hived off, to save himself from the Priory and, possibly, out-and-out alcoholism.
Johnny, the stand-up, is Michael at his most brilliantly hurt and resentful.
Johnny is the youngest of four - three boys and a girl.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010806/ai_n14411071   (1559 words)

  
 BBC - Drama Faces - Johnny Vegas
Johnny studied art and ceramic design at Middlesex University*, and his passion for ceramics remains to this day.
Johnny cited Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson and Ken Dodd as his comedy heroes on the Radio 2 programme Talking Comedy in 2002.
Johnny was born on 11th September 1971, in St Helens*, UK.
www.bbc.co.uk /drama/faces/johnny_vegas.shtml   (636 words)

  
 The Johnny Vegas All-Star Band Welcomes You
The Johnny Vegas All-Star Band is one of Ottawa’s favourite musical acts.
Johnny’s witty banter and thoughtful insight into the music bring the audience back to a time when they were part of the show.
Complete with a thick catalogue of standards from Sinatra to Presley, and styles that include country and disco, Johnny Vegas is the consummate lounge entertainer.
www.jvegas.com   (139 words)

  
 Interview: Johnny Vegas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Grilling Johnny Vegas is not a job to be taken lightly.
The wine, beer and vodka laid on for the interview remain resolutely untouched, Vegas preferring a cup of coffee and the ubiquitous cigarette.
And while Johnny Vegas is a heavy-drinking, self-loathing depressive, Michael Pennington is no stranger to alcohol, and has confessed to dark moments of his own.
www.chortle.co.uk /TV/tvfeatures/vegas.php   (1224 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Comic's wedding photos upset in-laws
Vegas, who achieved fame by starring with a puppet monkey in adverts for ITV Digital, had reportedly wanted £5 but was haggled down.
Vegas, from St Helens, Merseyside, said: "She told me 'Your wedding photos are next to a comic strip of a lad with unfeasibly large testicles.
Vegas returns to television screens on 14 January in the second series of BBC2's Happiness.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2629005.stm   (288 words)

  
 icHarrow - Johnny Vegas on Johnny Depp
Johnny's joking, of course, but the truth is the famously drunken comic - who's drinking a pint of lemonade today, but only because he's fending off the remnants of a hangover - does have his Hollywood namesake on speed-dial after they became good mates on the set of costume drama The Libertine.
He told me after that she'd said, 'What about Johnny Vegas?' and he'd turned around and I was in the car with a photo of me kid going, 'He needs shoes, clothes.
Johnny, real name Michael Pennington, is said to have moved back into the north London home they once shared.
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 Johnny Vegas News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Johnny Vegas starred in the BBC's Bleak House The BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House heads the nominees for the 2006 Bafta TV awards with nominations in four categories.
Johnny Vegas starred in the BBC's Bleak House Charles Dickens' adaptation Bleak House emerged as the winner of the best drama serial at the Royal Television Society Awards held in London.
By Brian Roberts BEER-LOVING Johnny Vegas is facing Christmas without a tipple after suffering a massive attack of gout.
www.topix.net /who/johnny-vegas   (445 words)

  
 icWales - It's all Greek (and Welsh) to Johnny Vegas
But comedian Johnny Vegas has been chosen as the new public face of the Welsh-language station BBC Radio Cymru.
However, Johnny proves incapable of getting his tongue around a few Welsh words, although he describes his attempts as "like a really bizarre game of Scrabble on acid".
Vegas is no stranger to promoting broadcasting services - he was once the face of the now-defunct ITV Digital channel with his furry side-kick, a puppet monkey.
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 The Spoof - Johnny Vegas to be Next Bond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The St. Helens born comic, Johnny Vegas, best known for his T.V. appearances including the ITV Digital adverts where he starred alongside the much more popular monkey, was today announced as the replacement for Pierce Brosnan in the next Bond feature film, "The first Goodbye".
After Brosnan’s sacking due to his drunken rampage in an Irish Pub which resulted in the deaths of eight innocent bystanders it was common knowledge that the producers were on the hunt for a new Bond.
Vegas’ appointment was not only a surprise to the world's media but also to Johnny himself who had only went to the audition because he was pissed out of his head.
www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s4i1561   (270 words)

  
 Book Rod Liddle, Johnny Vegas or Showaddywaddy for corporate events from Performing Artistes
Born in South London in 1960, Rod was educated at a comprehensive school in Guisborough, Cleveland, and the London School of Economics.
Johnny is a highly accomplished and versatile comedy actor.
Johnny has also appeared on a wide range of panel games, from Never mind The Buzzcocks, BBC2, and They Think Its All Over, BBC1, Patrick Kielty's Stupid Punts as well as making memorable appearances on shows as diverse as Jumpers For Goalposts, Sky One, Don't Feed The Gondolas, and The Late, Late Show, RTE.
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 Boxing News -- 24 hours/day - Reload often!
For the month leading up to the bout, the people of Las Vegas treated Johnny like a king and countless people thanked him for boosting their sagging economy.
At January 18th's pre-fight press conference, the Albuquerque Journal quoted Mayor Sanchez of Las Vegas, It's too early to tell how much money will come into our community, but with all of the people visiting us from around the state and country, it should be over a million dollars.
Twenty-four inches of snow and record cold in the Las Vegas mountains where Tapia's camp was located contributed to his pneumonia.
www.fightnews.com /566.htm   (540 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Johnny Vegas
At a Johnny Vegas show, you risk exposure to the flipside of what makes him great.
The first 30 minutes of his first set "for a while" is Vegas at his ferocious, embittered best.
When he's on form, Vegas satirises, with horrifying precision, the volatile, solipsistic ogre you'd hate to meet at a party.
www.guardian.co.uk /reviews/story/0,3604,534742,00.html   (236 words)

  
 johnny depp tattoo - johnny depp tattoo Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Dr. Daniel's Movie Emergency - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Johnny Depp, Cameron Diaz, Christian Ricci
Thompson wrote a landmark book, documenting a trip to Las Vegas, an orgy of drug hallucinations and anti-social behavior, that is still considered by some to be the Bible of the '70s.
His version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and, while it doesn't quite hit perfection, it might just be one of the sleeper hits of the summer, and definitely will be around longer than most everything else this summer.
In a nutshell, the second hour is basically a "side 2" of the same record, playing a remix of "side 1." Duke and Gonzo get out of Vegas, just barely, only to return into the wildness and hypnotica that was their first outing.
www.stairwell.com /doc/exam/fearand.html   (1276 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Johnny Vegas - Who's Ready For Ice Cream? [2003]: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Trapped by his own celebrity, Vegas is kidnapped by a brutal de- programmer and shipped off to the Edinburgh fringe to rediscover his roots in humiliation and despair.
He is forced to share a room with a truly unfunny comic who wakes him up to tell him gags and forces him to eat baby food; he is sponsored by an ice-cream man, who wants ice cream to figure in the routines; and to cap it all he is randomly beaten by the de-programmer.
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C66AS   (904 words)

  
 Comedian: Johnny Vegas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Comics like Vegas, along with other proponents of this style (the hugely overrated Phil Nichol and middling Brendon Burns) are only interested in one thing, which is their own desperate self-promotion; hence the reliance on shock tactics and volume to get noticed.
Perhaps if Johnny is still performing sell-out tours to hundreds of thousands of adoring fans in 50 years time, he'll have the right to slag off Cliff.
Vegas was getting desperate, giving one last burst to save the night he decided to do his impression of a fat alcoholic lying on his arse.
www.chortle.co.uk /comics/jvegas.html   (1301 words)

  
 Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - TV - Non-Gaming - ALL - Discussion Forum /// Eurogamer
I wasnt a johnny vegas fan before, but his pairing with Davd Soul was hilarious!
Basically, Johnny has created a show with very little direction and little in the way of a discernible format.
The end of the series tonight was met with riotous scenes where Johnny, guests, and members of his audience danced and embraced in the well-worn throes of heavy inebriation.
www.eurogamer.net /forum_thread_posts.php?thread_id=32433&forum_id=1   (1213 words)

  
 Johnny Vegas - Humour - Non-Gaming - ALL - Discussion Forum /// Eurogamer
I actually found Johnny Vegas 18 stone of idiot to be a right old laugh.
It's not meant to be intelligent, satirical and political it's just Johnny Vegas acting the goat and making a very funny arse of himself.
I just cant stand his voice, it just gets to me, but on the whole i think he is just some fat bloke trying to get laughs...
www.eurogamer.net /forum_thread_posts.php?thread_id=33703&forum_id=1   (242 words)

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